so the power cable I need to hook up to dishwasher has one white one tanish color and then the ground so do I go white whit black to the tanish and then green to ground the bare copper one?
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5What country are you in? And what do the dishwasher's instructions say to do (or what's the model number if you don't have the instructions?) – Nate S. Apr 17 '19 at 16:59
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Can you post photos of the power cable? – ThreePhaseEel Apr 17 '19 at 22:33
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3You are probably correct BUT you need to know for sure. You need to use a tester to determine which wire is hot. – Alaska Man Sep 15 '19 at 18:42
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If you are comfortable with the process use a voltage meter and determine which conductor is hot. Then permanently mark it with a fat black magic marker.
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Black is appropriate for the US, but not necessarily other countries, and OP didn't indicate. Still, +1 on principle. – FreeMan Feb 10 at 12:24
should have 1 black, 1 white, and 1 green or bare copper, black is normally the hot leg, white is neutral and green wire is ground, always use a volt meter and check black to ground and white to ground to see which is the hot leg.
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This is valid for the US (North America in general), but wire color standards vary around the world and OP didn't indicate what country she's in. – FreeMan Feb 10 at 12:23
